Franklin Francis Ayodele Amankwa (born 24 August 1987) is a Nigerian retired professional

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who played as a striker.

Career

He played with a number of Nigerian clubs and Ivorian

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, before signing, in 2008, with Serbian club

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. After only one season there, he moved to the newly promoted

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club

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where he has been a standard first team choice, scoring goals mostly with headers. After one season in

was relegated to

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, Franklin was one of the players released by the club after relegation. In the summer of 2010 Franklin had a trial at

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. In summer 2011 he moved to Saudi Arabia to play with the newly promoted Saudi top flight

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.Franklin Ayodele Amankwa
at Soccerway

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* at Srbijafudbal 1987 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Akwa United F.C. players Africa Sports d'Abidjan players Expatriate men's footballers in Ivory Coast FK Loznica players FK Mladi Radnik players Serbian SuperLiga players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Hajer FC players Saudi Pro League players Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Ivory Coast Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia 21st-century Nigerian sportsmen {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub